Senior Systems Engineer - Servers & Storage

A leading provider of integrated business & technology solutions across Africa in the Financial, Telecom, Real Estate, Service Industries & Government, is looking to fill the position of Senior Systems Engineer - Servers & Storage 

This role will report directly to the Practice Lead - Data Centre Solutions.
 

Job Purpose / Summary
 

The Senior Systems Engineer-Server & Storage will help develop business objectives & determine the data centre practice’s operational vision in line with the company strategy.
 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Working with the implementation team in project implementation & deployment, which may include overseeing elements of the project or team when assigned.
• May be called on to take over supervision of implementation tasks assigned & working to ensure proper implementation & troubleshooting if necessary.
• Supervising the implementations of Proof of Concepts (POC) in consultation with the team.
• Technical consultancy & recommendations.
• Working on assigned tenders and/or proposals, providing pre-sales support including assisting in solutions design, preparation of Bills of Materials, preparation of client presentations &assisting in client site surveys.
• Induction & mentorship of trainees as well as delegated supervisory duties for any student on professional attachment, assigned to the project by the supervisor.
• Assisting in providing post-sales support after project implementation, including management of any support contracts assigned in consultation with the team leader & other senior engineers on the project.
• Working with the internal support team on any requirements for equipment or systems that need specialization, including implementation &training.
• End user support for contractual customers.
• Troubleshooting customer faults to achieve fault resolution for escalating incidents.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 3-6 years’ experience in servers & storage technologies especially Sun/Oracle.
• Solaris systems administration skills.
• Knowledge of servers & storage technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems with accounts in complex technical environments.
• Linux/Unix skills.
• Cisco Unified Computing Systems experience is an added advantage.
• Project Management experience and certification will be an added advantage.
• Technical sales experience will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge of High Availability &Business Continuity Technologies will be an added advantage.

Required Certifications

• System administrator for Solaris 10
• Solaris network administration for Solaris 10
• VERITAS netback up specializations
• Oracle SPARC servers specializations
• Oracle Exadata certification will be an added advantage
• Sun Cluster 3.x administration certification will be an added advantage.
• Oracle specialization certifications will be added advantage i.e. Oracle Linux Presales speciality, Oracle Sun Flash Presales speciality, Oracle Sun storage 6000 Array Presales speciality&Oracle Pillar Axiom 600 Presales speciality
• VERITAS Storage Foundation 6.0 Presales expert will be an added advantage
• VMware Certifications will be an added advantage
• EMC Storage certifications will be an added advantage

Personal Attributes

• Strong planning & organizing skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to mentor, lead projects & make effective decisions
• Ability to work in a highly driven environment
• Result oriented
• Innovative thinker

How to apply: If you are interested in the position and have the skills and talents our client is looking for, we would like to hear from you.
 

Please forward a copy of your updated resume, and your current salary and benefits package to info@dorbe-leit.co.ke before close of business 15th March 2013. 

Only successful candidates will be contacted.